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¨¨¨¨¨¨:~;= ~ ~ ~ ~ BEYOND THE GREAT DAM. ~ ~ ~ ~ =;~:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~; ~ IT WAS BUILT IN THE LATE SIXTIES. ~ ;~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~ ~ ~ ~ THE ELVES CAME TO US THEN. ~ ~ ~ ~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ THEY WERE VERY MANIPULATIVE, AND WE ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ CAME TO TRUST THEM. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ US ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨: KIDS WOULD PLAY DOWN AT THE WATER EVEN :¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~ THOUGH WE WERE NOT ALLOWED. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~; ~ ~ SOMETIMES THE SLUICE WOULD CLOSE ;~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:~;= ENTIRELY, AND THE RIVER AT THE DAMS =;~:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨:~;=£ FOOT WOULD DRY UP, REVEALING THE ROCKY £=;~:¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:~;=££ WATER GARDEN THAT HAD BEEN HIDDEN ££=;~:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨:~;=££¶ BENEATH, AND WE WOULD GO THERE. ~ ~ ~ ~ ¶££=;~:¨¨¨
¨¨:~;=££¶# ~ ~ ~ ~ BEFORE THE DAM OPENED AGAIN, #¶££=;~:¨¨
¨:~;=££¶## THERE WOULD BE A SIGNAL, BUT THE ELVES ##¶££=;~:¨
¨¨:~;=££¶# WOULD MAKE US NOT HEAR IT, AND SUDDENLY #¶££=;~:¨¨
¨¨¨:~;=££¶ WE WOULD FIND THE WATER RISING, ALREADY ¶££=;~:¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:~;=££ AT OUR KNEES. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ££=;~:¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨:~;= ~ BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. ~ =;~:¨¨¨¨¨¨
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